...the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the...sword ; No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But wimer lingering chills the lap of May : No Zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare,...

...ihe bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread. No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword • T. No venial blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter, lingering, chills the lap of May ; No...

...mansions tread, And foree a ehnrlish soil for seanty bread : No prodnet here the barren hills afford Bnt man and steel, the soldier and his sword : No vernal blooms their torpid roeks array, Bnt winter ling'ring ehills the lap of May : No zephyr fondly snes the monntain's breast,...

...bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish >oil for scanty bread ; No produce hen the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword." Switzerland has been long celebrated for the mercenary troops she supplied to foreign courts ; but...

...the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the...breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest. Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all ; Sees...

...the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion traftd, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread ; No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the...blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chilla the lap of M»y ; •\v. ч* * •• ' •> No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But...

...mansion tread And force a churlish soil for scanty bread. No product here the barren hills afford. . . . No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare and stormy glooms invest." It is the feeling of solitude, with a touch, perhaps, of the old terror still haunting it, that gives...

...adorns the year ; And shall not we, while fate like Winter frowns, Expect revolving bliss ? T. Smollett. No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May. Goldsmith, Tr. 171. I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness,...

...the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread. No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the...breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest. Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed; No costly lord the...

...Where the bleak Swiss their stormy sit in tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread; No product here the barren hills afford But man and steel, the soldier and kit sword : sail: A THOUSAND AND ONE GEMS. No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, Bat winter lingering...